Violence and Gender in the "New" Europe [electronic resource] : Islam in German Culture /
Weber, B.author.
Weber contributes to the ongoing scholarly discussion about Islam in the West, demonstrating how current thinking about gender violence prohibits the intellectual inquiry necessary to act against such violence, and analyzes ways in which Muslim women participate in the public sphere by thematizing violence in literature, art, and media.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Un doing the Connections between Muslim Violence, "Culture," and Secularism; Chapter One A Regime of Gender Violence: Honor Killings, Familial Violence, and Muslim Women's Subjectivities; Chapter Two Contentious Headscarves: Cleaning Woman, Forbidden Schoolteacher, Hijab Martyr; Chapter Three Troubling Headscarves: Covering, Artistic Reconfigurations of Public Space, and the Muslim Woman's Body; Chapter Four Freedom to Imagine the World: Violence and the Writing of Self
Chapter Five Violent Authenticities: The Work of Emine Sevgi Özdamar and Feridun ZaimogluConclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Weber contributes to the ongoing scholarly discussion about Islam in the West, demonstrating how current thinking about gender violence prohibits the intellectual inquiry necessary to act against such violence, and analyzes ways in which Muslim women participate in the public sphere by thematizing violence in literature, art, and media.
European literature.
Middle Eastern literature.
Europe, Central—History.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
World history.
European Literature.
Middle Eastern Literature.
History of Germany and Central Europe.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
World History, Global and Transnational History.